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**goosedennis** · 08-23-2011, 12:10 PM

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Two more things:

I like how the benches are active this year. Not only with checks having the possibility of going into the bench, but players react to pucks going into the bench area and hits as well.

However, I want realistic breakouts. I don't want three guys chasing me behind the net and then nobody on my team is in a set position, but floating all throughout the ice.

**goosedennis** · 08-23-2011, 12:20 PM

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Two pretty imporant hings just happened IMO.

First, I took a run at Hamuis with Lucic, and Hamuis ended up on his *** but Lucic lost his stick

Second, I loved the sloppy work on the gwg with 3 seconds left:

I had a 3-on-2 pretty deep into the zone, at the top of the slot. I figured I had no shot trying to score with Seguin, so I tried passing it over to Savard, but he couldn't corral the puck and it went over to Krejci who deked LOLuongo out of his jock strap and scored on the backhand

**savoie2006** · 08-23-2011, 12:21 PM

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from the looks of it, you cant run into your own goalie and knock him down. which i guess is a good thing!!

I would you be able to. That way it would be more realsitic if you got knocked into your own goalie during a front of the net battle. It happens in the NHL where a defender will accidently bump his own goalie, it should happen in the game.

**goosedennis** · 08-23-2011, 12:22 PM

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Though I am still trying to figure out why I had three centres on the ice at the same time

**gopher_guy** · 08-23-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally posted by savoie2006

I would you be able to. That way it would be more realsitic if you got knocked into your own goalie during a front of the net battle. It happens in the NHL where a defender will accidently bump his own goalie, it should happen in the game.

I think it's best that they didn't include that though. Can you imagine how many people would be super pissed about accidentally knocking their goalie over allowing an easy goal to be scored?

I keep finding cool stuff in this demo as I play it

Another thing I noticed, somebody else brought it up too, is how much better the puck looks during a slap shot (when the player is winding up to take the shot). I will have to look and see if it still magically moves into position when the player does the move where he spins 180 degrees and takes a slapshot, all in the same motion.

**ChaseB** · 08-23-2011, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by gopher_guy

I think it's best that they didn't include that though. Can you imagine how many people would be super pissed about accidentally knocking their goalie over allowing an easy goal to be scored?

I keep finding cool stuff in this demo as I play it

Another thing I noticed, somebody else brought it up too, is how much better the puck looks during a slap shot (when the player is winding up to take the shot). I will have to look and see if it still magically moves into position when the player does the move where he spins 180 degrees and takes a slapshot, all in the same motion.

He doesn't, he whiffs it seems when trying that slapper.

I really like the new skating. You can really see some differences in style and so forth, not sure why people would be opposed to it. Not sure I'm seeing signature traits or anything in the demo, but you can definitely tell the difference between bigs and smalls more this year when it comes to movement, checking, strength on puck (shielding the puck has a use again).

Oh, and the hip checks were not this out of hand in the demos I played at preview events, so not sure why they got amped up here so much.

**FBeaule04** · 08-23-2011, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by RealmK

Well I hope things turn out for the best. Next year however, Please EA, can we get presentation to where it needs to be? NBA2k levels or at the very least the Show?

When a game is solid in presentation like NBA 2K11 but not great elsewhere, NHL can get with it (like a comparison between NHL and NHL 2K).

When the presentation is like NBA 2K11 in a game and the game is fun like crazy like NBA 2K11 is, then NHL can't get away with it.

Even Madden 12, in the demo, with many improvements, won't get away with it since the presentation bar was already set and that everything below that won't make it.

**ChaseB** · 08-23-2011, 12:43 PM

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-I also feel like the graphics here are not on the level that I saw at preview events. The ice especially stands out here.

-For sure more gritty goals being scored.

**Fiddy** · 08-23-2011, 12:46 PM

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whats up with the gray swoosh type lines on the ice inside the nets?

**Fiddy** · 08-23-2011, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by savoie2006

I would you be able to. That way it would be more realsitic if you got knocked into your own goalie during a front of the net battle. It happens in the NHL where a defender will accidently bump his own goalie, it should happen in the game.

i agree, it should be in.. but, i guess ea seen the issue that it could cause and left it out? maybe work out the kinks with it and add for NHL 13?

**boosterNHLseries** · 08-23-2011, 12:49 PM

I strongly dislike the fact that I can't curl and drag around players anymore. By that, I mean starting around the 3pm or 9pm position (depending on handedness) and moving the right stick around to the other side. Everytime I try, the player just does some weird forehand-backhand deke that ends up getting poke-checked. I hope this is just a minor bug and not something they actually removed.

**goosedennis** · 08-23-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by boosterNHLseries

I strongly dislike the fact that I can't curl and drag around players anymore. By that, I mean starting around the 3pm or 9pm position (depending on handedness) and moving the right stick around to the other side. Everytime I try, the player just does some weird forehand-backhand deke that ends up getting poke-checked. I hope this is just a minor bug and not something they actually removed.

LOL. 12 year old glitcher much?

**FBeaule04** · 08-23-2011, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by Fiddy

i agree, it should be in.. but, i guess ea seen the issue that it could cause and left it out? maybe work out the kinks with it and add for NHL 13?

I'm just throwing this in the air. Would it make sense to you that every new aspects of the game that EA implemented in late edition we're so twisted in their use by online user that they didn't push the pedal to the middle with the goalie bumping thing?

If any of the EA team played a few games of NHL 11 in OTP, they know by now that idiots can ruin a game, so I think that trying to see what's the income of bumping goalie on the other thing is a good plan before letting teammates bumping their own goalie.

**FBeaule04** · 08-23-2011, 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by boosterNHLseries

I strongly dislike the fact that I can't curl and drag around players anymore. By that, I mean starting around the 3pm or 9pm position (depending on handedness) and moving the right stick around to the other side. Everytime I try, the player just does some weird forehand-backhand deke that ends up getting poke-checked. I hope this is just a minor bug and not something they actually removed.

It's funny, because what I don't like in the NHL game is the fact that you can outspeed a D from the side, lower your shoulder and drive the net.

I guess it's normal that you could do a triple-axel followed by a double-piqué in front of two defenseman before making a kick leg move and undressing the goalie since it happens every game in the NHL while what I want never happened in the game since hockey been invented.

Don't give me the head of the NHL dev. team because you're freaking deke will be thrown out of the game and I'll tell whinning glitching babies to go play NHL 3 vs. 3 arcade if they want to see Ice-Capades with a rubber puck!

**boosterNHLseries** · 08-23-2011, 01:00 PM

Originally posted by goosedennis

LOL. 12 year old glitcher much?

Wtf are you talking about? it's a quick way to get around someone when you're on the rush. I don't think you exactly know what I'm talking about.

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